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673
Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 22.22


nanIf you have opened your mouth against your friend,do not worry, for reconciliation is possible;but as for reviling, arrogance, disclosure of secrets, or a treacherous blow -- in these cases any friend will flee.


nanSo it is with a woman who leaves her husband and provides an heir by a stranger.


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1. Septuagint, Tobit, 12.7 (10th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

12.7. It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God. Do good, and evil will not overtake you.
2. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 7.9, 15.4, 22.22, 26.1, 28.11, 30.9, 32.4 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

7.9. וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים הָאֵל הַנֶּאֱמָן שֹׁמֵר הַבְּרִית וְהַחֶסֶד לְאֹהֲבָיו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי מצותו [מִצְוֺתָיו] לְאֶלֶף דּוֹר׃ 15.4. אֶפֶס כִּי לֹא יִהְיֶה־בְּךָ אֶבְיוֹן כִּי־בָרֵךְ יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן־לְךָ נַחֲלָה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ׃ 22.22. כִּי־יִמָּצֵא אִישׁ שֹׁכֵב עִם־אִשָּׁה בְעֻלַת־בַּעַל וּמֵתוּ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶם הָאִישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵב עִם־הָאִשָּׁה וְהָאִשָּׁה וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל׃ 26.1. וְהָיָה כִּי־תָבוֹא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בָּהּ׃ 26.1. וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה הֵבֵאתִי אֶת־רֵאשִׁית פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַתָּה לִּי יְהוָה וְהִנַּחְתּוֹ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃ 28.11. וְהוֹתִרְךָ יְהוָה לְטוֹבָה בִּפְרִי בִטְנְךָ וּבִפְרִי בְהַמְתְּךָ וּבִפְרִי אַדְמָתֶךָ עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ לָתֶת לָךְ׃ 30.9. וְהוֹתִירְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶךָ בִּפְרִי בִטְנְךָ וּבִפְרִי בְהֶמְתְּךָ וּבִפְרִי אַדְמָתְךָ לְטוֹבָה כִּי יָשׁוּב יְהוָה לָשׂוּשׂ עָלֶיךָ לְטוֹב כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׂשׂ עַל־אֲבֹתֶיךָ׃ 32.4. כִּי־אֶשָּׂא אֶל־שָׁמַיִם יָדִי וְאָמַרְתִּי חַי אָנֹכִי לְעֹלָם׃ 32.4. הַצּוּר תָּמִים פָּעֳלוֹ כִּי כָל־דְּרָכָיו מִשְׁפָּט אֵל אֱמוּנָה וְאֵין עָוֶל צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוּא׃ 7.9. Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covet and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations;" 15.4. Howbeit there shall be no needy among you—for the LORD will surely bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it—" 22.22. If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel." 26.1. And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and dost possess it, and dwell therein;" 28.11. And the LORD will make thee over-abundant for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers to give thee." 30.9. And the LORD thy God will make thee over-abundant in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good; for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers;" 32.4. The Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice; A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is He. ."
3. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 2.15-2.22, 13.21, 18.9 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

2.15. וַיִּשְׁמַע פַּרְעֹה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיְבַקֵּשׁ לַהֲרֹג אֶת־מֹשֶׁה וַיִּבְרַח מֹשֶׁה מִפְּנֵי פַרְעֹה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶרֶץ־מִדְיָן וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־הַבְּאֵר׃ 2.16. וּלְכֹהֵן מִדְיָן שֶׁבַע בָּנוֹת וַתָּבֹאנָה וַתִּדְלֶנָה וַתְּמַלֶּאנָה אֶת־הָרְהָטִים לְהַשְׁקוֹת צֹאן אֲבִיהֶן׃ 2.17. וַיָּבֹאוּ הָרֹעִים וַיְגָרְשׁוּם וַיָּקָם מֹשֶׁה וַיּוֹשִׁעָן וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־צֹאנָם׃ 2.18. וַתָּבֹאנָה אֶל־רְעוּאֵל אֲבִיהֶן וַיֹּאמֶר מַדּוּעַ מִהַרְתֶּן בֹּא הַיּוֹם׃ 2.19. וַתֹּאמַרְןָ אִישׁ מִצְרִי הִצִּילָנוּ מִיַּד הָרֹעִים וְגַם־דָּלֹה דָלָה לָנוּ וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־הַצֹּאן׃ 2.21. וַיּוֹאֶל מֹשֶׁה לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת־הָאִישׁ וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־צִפֹּרָה בִתּוֹ לְמֹשֶׁה׃ 2.22. וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם כִּי אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה׃ 13.21. וַיהוָה הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם יוֹמָם בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן לַנְחֹתָם הַדֶּרֶךְ וְלַיְלָה בְּעַמּוּד אֵשׁ לְהָאִיר לָהֶם לָלֶכֶת יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה׃ 18.9. וַיִּחַדְּ יִתְרוֹ עַל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה יְהוָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הִצִּילוֹ מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם׃ 2.15. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well." 2.16. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock." 2.17. And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock." 2.18. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said: ‘How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?’" 2.19. And they said: ‘An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.’" 2.20. And he said unto his daughters: ‘And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.’" 2.21. And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter." 2.22. And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land.’" 13.21. And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:" 18.9. And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians."
4. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 12.1, 41.25 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

12.1. וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וַיֵּרֶד אַבְרָם מִצְרַיְמָה לָגוּר שָׁם כִּי־כָבֵד הָרָעָב בָּאָרֶץ׃ 12.1. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְרָם לֶךְ־לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ׃ 41.25. וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־פַּרְעֹה חֲלוֹם פַּרְעֹה אֶחָד הוּא אֵת אֲשֶׁר הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׂה הִגִּיד לְפַרְעֹה׃ 12.1. Now the LORD said unto Abram: ‘Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee." 41.25. And Joseph said unto Pharaoh: ‘The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do He hath declared unto Pharaoh."
5. Hebrew Bible, Job, 19.14 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

19.14. חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחוּנִי׃ 19.14. My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me."
6. Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, 13.49, 19.17, 20.10, 25.9, 25.13, 25.25, 25.35-25.36, 25.39, 25.41, 25.46, 25.51-25.52 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

13.49. וְהָיָה הַנֶּגַע יְרַקְרַק אוֹ אֲדַמְדָּם בַּבֶּגֶד אוֹ בָעוֹר אוֹ־בַשְּׁתִי אוֹ־בָעֵרֶב אוֹ בְכָל־כְּלִי־עוֹר נֶגַע צָרַעַת הוּא וְהָרְאָה אֶת־הַכֹּהֵן׃ 19.17. לֹא־תִשְׂנָא אֶת־אָחִיךָ בִּלְבָבֶךָ הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂא עָלָיו חֵטְא׃ 25.9. וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ שׁוֹפַר תְּרוּעָה בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִי בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ בְּיוֹם הַכִּפֻּרִים תַּעֲבִירוּ שׁוֹפָר בְּכָל־אַרְצְכֶם׃ 25.13. בִּשְׁנַת הַיּוֹבֵל הַזֹּאת תָּשֻׁבוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אֲחֻזָּתוֹ׃ 25.25. כִּי־יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ וּמָכַר מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֹ וּבָא גֹאֲלוֹ הַקָּרֹב אֵלָיו וְגָאַל אֵת מִמְכַּר אָחִיו׃ 25.35. וְכִי־יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ וּמָטָה יָדוֹ עִמָּךְ וְהֶחֱזַקְתָּ בּוֹ גֵּר וְתוֹשָׁב וָחַי עִמָּךְ׃ 25.36. אַל־תִּקַּח מֵאִתּוֹ נֶשֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּית וְיָרֵאתָ מֵאֱלֹהֶיךָ וְחֵי אָחִיךָ עִמָּךְ׃ 25.39. וְכִי־יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ עִמָּךְ וְנִמְכַּר־לָךְ לֹא־תַעֲבֹד בּוֹ עֲבֹדַת עָבֶד׃ 25.41. וְיָצָא מֵעִמָּךְ הוּא וּבָנָיו עִמּוֹ וְשָׁב אֶל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וְאֶל־אֲחֻזַּת אֲבֹתָיו יָשׁוּב׃ 25.46. וְהִתְנַחֲלְתֶּם אֹתָם לִבְנֵיכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם לָרֶשֶׁת אֲחֻזָּה לְעֹלָם בָּהֶם תַּעֲבֹדוּ וּבְאַחֵיכֶם בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו לֹא־תִרְדֶּה בוֹ בְּפָרֶךְ׃ 25.51. אִם־עוֹד רַבּוֹת בַּשָּׁנִים לְפִיהֶן יָשִׁיב גְּאֻלָּתוֹ מִכֶּסֶף מִקְנָתוֹ׃ 25.52. וְאִם־מְעַט נִשְׁאַר בַּשָּׁנִים עַד־שְׁנַת הַיֹּבֵל וְחִשַּׁב־לוֹ כְּפִי שָׁנָיו יָשִׁיב אֶת־גְּאֻלָּתוֹ׃ 13.49. If the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown unto the priest." 19.17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of him." 20.10. And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death." 25.9. Then shalt thou make proclamation with the blast of the horn on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye make proclamation with the horn throughout all your land." 25.13. In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession." 25.25. If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold." 25.35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee." 25.36. Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee." 25.39. And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant." 25.41. Then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return." 25.46. And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour." 25.51. If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for." 25.52. And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption."
7. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, 2.10, 3.16, 6.16-6.19, 11.4, 11.13, 14.12, 17.28, 20.6, 20.19, 25.9-25.10 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

3.16. אֹרֶךְ יָמִים בִּימִינָהּ בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד׃ 6.16. שֶׁשׁ־הֵנָּה שָׂנֵא יְהוָה וְשֶׁבַע תועבות [תּוֹעֲבַת] נַפְשׁוֹ׃ 6.17. עֵינַיִם רָמוֹת לְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר וְיָדַיִם שֹׁפְכוֹת דָּם־נָקִי׃ 6.18. לֵב חֹרֵשׁ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָוֶן רַגְלַיִם מְמַהֲרוֹת לָרוּץ לָרָעָה׃ 6.19. יָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּחַ מְדָנִים בֵּין אַחִים׃ 11.4. לֹא־יוֹעִיל הוֹן בְּיוֹם עֶבְרָה וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת׃ 11.13. הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל מְגַלֶּה־סּוֹד וְנֶאֱמַן־רוּחַ מְכַסֶּה דָבָר׃ 14.12. יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי־אִישׁ וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ דַּרְכֵי־מָוֶת׃ 17.28. גַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב אֹטֵם שְׂפָתָיו נָבוֹן׃ 20.6. רָב־אָדָם יִקְרָא אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֱמוּנִים מִי יִמְצָא׃ 20.19. גּוֹלֶה־סּוֹד הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל וּלְפֹתֶה שְׂפָתָיו לֹא תִתְעָרָב׃ 25.9. רִיבְךָ רִיב אֶת־רֵעֶךָ וְסוֹד אַחֵר אַל־תְּגָל׃ 2.10. For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;" 3.16. Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honour." 6.16. There are six things which the LORD hateth, Yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:" 6.17. Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;" 6.18. A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, Feet that are swift in running to evil;" 6.19. A false witness that breatheth out lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren." 11.4. Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death." 11.13. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter." 14.12. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death." 17.28. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; And he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding." 20.6. Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a faithful man who can find?" 20.19. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips." 25.9. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;" 25.10. Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away."
8. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 31.12, 88.19 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

31.12. מִכָּל־צֹרְרַי הָיִיתִי חֶרְפָּה וְלִשֲׁכֵנַי מְאֹד וּפַחַד לִמְיֻדָּעָי רֹאַי בַּחוּץ נָדְדוּ מִמֶּנִּי׃ 88.19. הִרְחַקְתָּ מִמֶּנִּי אֹהֵב וָרֵעַ מְיֻדָּעַי מַחְשָׁךְ׃ 31.12. Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance; They that see me without flee from me." 88.19. Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness."
9. Hebrew Bible, Ruth, 4.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

4.7. וְזֹאת לְפָנִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־הַגְּאוּלָּה וְעַל־הַתְּמוּרָה לְקַיֵּם כָּל־דָּבָר שָׁלַף אִישׁ נַעֲלוֹ וְנָתַן לְרֵעֵהוּ וְזֹאת הַתְּעוּדָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃ 4.7. Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour; and this was the attestation in Israel.—"
10. Hebrew Bible, 1 Samuel, 25.31 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

25.31. וְלֹא תִהְיֶה זֹאת לְךָ לְפוּקָה וּלְמִכְשׁוֹל לֵב לַאדֹנִי וְלִשְׁפָּךְ־דָּם חִנָּם וּלְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֲדֹנִי לוֹ וְהֵיטִב יְהוָה לַאדֹנִי וְזָכַרְתָּ אֶת־אֲמָתֶךָ׃ 25.31. that this shall not be a cause of stumbling to thee, nor offence of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed blood causelessly, or that my lord has avenged himself: and the Lord shall deal well with my lord, and thou shalt remember thy handmaid."
11. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 61.1 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

61.1. שׂוֹשׂ אָשִׂישׂ בַּיהוָה תָּגֵל נַפְשִׁי בֵּאלֹהַי כִּי הִלְבִּישַׁנִי בִּגְדֵי־יֶשַׁע מְעִיל צְדָקָה יְעָטָנִי כֶּחָתָן יְכַהֵן פְּאֵר וְכַכַּלָּה תַּעְדֶּה כֵלֶיהָ׃ 61.1. רוּחַ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה עָלָי יַעַן מָשַׁח יְהוָה אֹתִי לְבַשֵּׂר עֲנָוִים שְׁלָחַנִי לַחֲבֹשׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵב לִקְרֹא לִשְׁבוּיִם דְּרוֹר וְלַאֲסוּרִים פְּקַח־קוֹחַ׃ 61.1. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; Because the LORD hath anointed me To bring good tidings unto the humble; He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the eyes to them that are bound;"
12. Theognis, Elegies, 4 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

13. Hebrew Bible, Nehemiah, 9.8 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

9.8. וּמָצָאתָ אֶת־לְבָבוֹ נֶאֱמָן לְפָנֶיךָ וְכָרוֹת עִמּוֹ הַבְּרִית לָתֵת אֶת־אֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי הַחִתִּי הָאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁי לָתֵת לְזַרְעוֹ וַתָּקֶם אֶת־דְּבָרֶיךָ כִּי צַדִּיק אָתָּה׃ 9.8. and foundest his heart faithful before Thee, and madest a covet with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, even to give it unto his seed, and hast performed Thy words; for Thou art righteous;"
14. Xenophon, The Education of Cyrus, 8.7.13 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

8.7.13. As for you, Cambyses, you must also know His words of counsel—(1) to Cambyses; that it is not this golden sceptre that maintains your empire; but faithful friends are a monarch’s truest and surest sceptre. But do not think that man is naturally faithful; else all men would find the same persons faithful, just as all find the other properties of nature the same. But every one must create for himself faithfulness in his friends; and the winning of such friends comes in no wise by compulsion, but by kindness.
15. Xenophon, Memoirs, 2.5.1 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

2.5.1. Again, I once heard him exhort a listener — for so I interpreted his words — to examine himself and to ask how much he was worth to his friends. For he had noticed that one of his companions was neglecting a poverty-stricken friend; so he put a question to Antisthenes in the presence of several others, including the careless friend.
16. Septuagint, Tobit, 12.7 (4th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

12.7. It is good to guard the secret of a king, but gloriously to reveal the works of God. Do good, and evil will not overtake you.
17. Cicero, On Friendship, 65, 64 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

18. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.12, 1.13, 1.15, 2.10, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 6.24, 6.25, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28, 6.29, 6.30, 6.31, 6.32, 6.33, 6.34, 6.35, 6.36, 6.37, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.18, 7.32, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, 9.16, 9.17, 9.18, 10.22, 11.32, 12.10, 12.11, 12.14, 13.9, 13.10, 13.11, 13.15, 13.16, 13.17, 13.18, 13.19, 13.20, 13.21, 13.22, 13.23, 14.20-15.10, 15.13, 17.22, 17.23, 19.8, 19.9, 19.13, 19.14, 19.15, 19.16, 19.17, 19.20, 20.22, 20.26, 22.4, 22.10, 22.12, 22.13, 22.15, 22.16, 22.19, 22.23, 23.7, 23.8, 23.9, 23.10, 23.11, 23.16, 23.17, 23.18, 23.19, 23.20, 23.26, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 24.6, 24.7, 24.8, 24.9, 24.10, 24.11, 24.12, 24.13, 24.14, 24.15, 24.16, 24.17, 24.18, 24.19, 24.20, 24.21, 24.22, 24.23, 24.24, 24.25, 24.26, 24.27, 24.28, 24.29, 24.30, 24.31, 24.32, 24.33, 24.34, 25.7, 25.8, 25.9, 25.10, 25.11, 27.9, 27.16, 27.17, 27.18, 27.21, 29.2, 29.10, 29.14, 33.31, 35.24, 36.24, 37.4, 38.24-39.11, 40.18, 40.19, 40.20, 40.23, 40.24, 40.25, 40.26, 40.27, 41.5, 41.6, 41.7, 41.8, 41.9, 42.9, 42.10, 42.11, 42.12, 42.13, 42.14, 42.15-43.33, 44.11, 45.22 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

1.1. All wisdom comes from the Lord and is with him for ever. 1.1. The fear of the Lord delights the heart,and gives gladness and joy and long life.
19. Septuagint, Judith, 2.2 (2nd cent. BCE - 0th cent. CE)

2.2. He called together all his officers and all his nobles and set forth to them his secret plan and recounted fully, with his own lips, all the wickedness of the region;
20. Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon, 2.22, 6.7, 6.9, 6.22, 12.11, 12.14, 14.15, 14.23, 22.22 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2.22. and they did not know the secret purposes of God,nor hope for the wages of holiness,nor discern the prize for blameless souls; 6.7. For the Lord of all will not stand in awe of any one,nor show deference to greatness;because he himself made both small and great,and he takes thought for all alike. 6.9. To you then, O monarchs, my words are directed,that you may learn wisdom and not transgress. 6.22. I will tell you what wisdom is and how she came to be,and I will hide no secrets from you,but I will trace her course from the beginning of creation,and make knowledge of her clear,and I will not pass by the truth; 12.11. For they were an accursed race from the beginning,and it was not through fear of any one that thou didst leave them unpunished for their sins. 12.14. nor can any king or monarch confront thee about those whom thou hast punished. 14.15. For a father, consumed with grief at an untimely bereavement,made an image of his child, who had been suddenly taken from him;and he now honored as a god what was once a dead human being,and handed on to his dependents secret rites and initiations. 14.23. For whether they kill children in their initiations,or celebrate secret mysteries,or hold frenzied revels with strange customs
21. Josephus Flavius, Against Apion, 2.207 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

2.207. It does not give leave to conceal any thing from our friends, because that is not true friendship which will not commit all things to their fidelity: it also forbids the revelation of secrets even though an enmity arise between them. If any judge takes bribes, his punishment is death: he that overlooks one that offers him a petition, and this when he is able to relieve him, he is a guilty person.
22. Mishnah, Avot, 1.6, 1.10 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

1.6. Joshua ben Perahiah and Nittai the Arbelite received [the oral tradition] from them. Joshua ben Perahiah used to say: appoint for thyself a teacher, and acquire for thyself a companion and judge all men with the scale weighted in his favor." 1.10. Shemaiah and Abtalion received [the oral tradition] from them. Shemaiah used to say: love work, hate acting the superior, and do not attempt to draw near to the ruling authority."


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aaron Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 208
abigail Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 204, 205
abraham Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 84
acrostic, alphabetic Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 160
acrostic, nonalphabetic Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 126, 160, 180, 192
adam, eves lord (master), as Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
adversity Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 211, 215
advisors Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24
afterlife Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 208, 225
alliteration Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 31, 32, 196, 197
almsgiving Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 204, 207
animal imagery Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 184, 186, 200
antiochus iii Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 208
antithesis Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 126, 160, 186, 197, 206
assonance Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 31, 32, 196, 197
brothers/sisters Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 207, 208, 209, 217, 225
cain Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
caution Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 205, 215
caveat Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
chiasm Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 197
children Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 215; Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
cicero Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 84
courts, royal Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 217
covenant Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 199
creation Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 23, 203
david Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 4, 199, 201, 205
death Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 180, 187, 198, 199, 203, 204, 208, 215, 225
decalogue Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 217
deception, pattern of Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
deuteronomic theology Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 206, 217
didactic poem Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 155, 173
enemies Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 205, 210, 211, 215, 225
evil Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 180, 184, 192, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 206, 210, 215
faithfulness Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 2, 181, 187, 194, 195, 197, 205, 206, 207, 208, 211, 217, 225
fear of god Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 2, 160, 209, 217
financial imagery Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 206
fool Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 160, 192, 198, 202, 204, 215
foreigners Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 209
friends, friendship Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 84
fruit Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
giving Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 201, 204, 207
god Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 2, 187, 202, 204, 206, 209, 217
goliath Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 201
good Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 23, 187, 206, 207, 209, 217, 225
good name Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 181, 215
gossip Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 210
grandson of ben sira Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 32, 34, 200
grief Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 199, 215
heart Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 160, 187, 195, 198, 199, 200, 205
helping friends Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 198, 206, 207, 210, 211
historical setting Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 2
honor Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 202, 203, 209, 215
hope Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 181, 186, 187, 201, 202, 211
hunting Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 186
inclusio Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 126, 160, 173, 180, 195
inheritance Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 195, 197, 206, 208, 209
injustice Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 199, 225
irony Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 202, 205
israel/israelite Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 186, 187, 202, 206, 209, 217
jerusalem Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 204, 208
jesus Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 204
jubilee year Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 208, 209, 211
justice Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 199, 208, 209, 225
key word Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 155
land Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 208, 210
law of moses Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 31, 160, 173, 180, 181, 208, 217
leprosy Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
life Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 204, 206, 210, 217
like seeking like Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 184, 200, 215, 225
link word Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 126, 160, 180, 198
loans Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 208, 209, 225
melchizedek Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 209
michael Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
mocking Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 199
moses Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 206, 207
mystery Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
neighbors Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 180, 187, 201, 203, 208
numerical proverb Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 200
old age Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 209
parallelism Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 32, 186, 199, 200, 203, 206, 207
patriarchal society Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 21
poor Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 30, 126, 195, 197, 199, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 215, 225
prayer Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 194, 198, 199
pride Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 194, 204
priest Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
priesthood Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 208, 209
prophets Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
prosperity Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 195, 197, 205, 206, 207, 211, 215
quarreling Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 186, 187, 204, 205
qumran Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 30, 181, 209
reconciliation Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 181, 186, 187, 195, 202, 203, 211
repentance Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 202
repetition Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 155, 196
reproof Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 23, 155, 173, 217
retribution Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 206
rhetorical question Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 126
rhyme, final Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 191, 197
rhyme, internal Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24
rhyme Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 24, 32, 126, 191, 196, 197, 225
rich Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 30, 126, 194, 206, 215
riddle Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 199
righteousness Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 126
sapiential (wisdom) literature Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21
secrets/confidences, keeping/betraying Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 21, 23, 24, 155, 173, 180, 181, 184, 186, 187, 192, 194, 195, 198, 199, 202, 203, 211, 215, 217, 225
shame Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 181, 184, 186, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 201, 202, 203, 204, 209, 210, 215, 217, 225
sharing (goods in common) Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 205, 209
sin/sinners Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 160, 180, 204, 210
slander Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 23, 155, 180, 181, 184, 194, 198, 201, 204, 225
slave Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 199
social justice/ethics Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 21, 208, 209
social relationships Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 126, 181, 184, 202
socrates Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 207
speech Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 21, 23, 30, 155, 160, 180, 192, 198, 203, 211
teacher Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 205, 215
tears Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 195, 196, 199, 200
testing Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 2, 20, 27, 187, 207, 215
theodicy Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 2
treachery Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 187, 201, 203, 225
tree, fruit of Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
virtue Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 180
widow Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 199
wife Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 20, 21, 24, 199, 200, 205
wilderness Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
wisdom' Levison, The Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2023) 596
wisdom/wise Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 2, 21, 23, 160, 184, 198, 205, 206, 207, 215, 217
wisdom Smith and Stuckenbruck, Testing and Temptation in Second Temple Jewish and Early Christian Texts (2020) 84
word-pairs Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 32, 200
wound Corley, Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (2002) 180, 186, 187, 199, 200, 201, 203, 211, 215